Amplification of cell signaling and disease resistance by an immunity receptor Ve1Ve2 heterocomplex in plants

Melanie Kalischuk; Boje Müller; Adriana F. Fusaro; Champa P. Wijekoon; Peter M. Waterhouse; Dirk Prüfer; Lawrence Kawchuk

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03439-0

Communications Biology (May 2022)

Amplification of cell signaling and disease resistance by an immunity receptor Ve1Ve2 heterocomplex in plants

Melanie Kalischuk,
Boje Müller,
Adriana F. Fusaro,
Champa P. Wijekoon,
Peter M. Waterhouse,
Dirk Prüfer,
Lawrence Kawchuk

Affiliations

Melanie Kalischuk: Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Boje Müller: Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Adriana F. Fusaro: School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
Champa P. Wijekoon: Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Peter M. Waterhouse: School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
Dirk Prüfer: Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Schlossplatz 8
Lawrence Kawchuk: Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03439-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Transgenic plants expressing both Ve1 and Ve2 conferred enhanced signaling and disease resistance in susceptible potato in a race-specific manner, a step forward in generating disease resistant plants against Verticillium.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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